R.I.P. - Lt. Col. John D. Loftis

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds received during an attack at the Interior Ministry, Kabul, Afghanistan....

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Blast kills four, wounds nine in Iraqi market

Image via Wikipedia BAGHDAD, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An explosion ripped through a shop at a popular market in eastern Iraq Sunday evening, leaving four dead and nine injured, a local police source said. The blast, believed to be caused by a bomb, destroyed the shop and levelled two adjacent shops in a town located in Diyala province, the source told Xinhua on condition...

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Six militants killed in Khyber Agency, Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Six militants were killed and numerous of their hideouts were destroyed in an aerial operation in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency on Sunday, confirmed officials. After a week of turmoil in Khyber Agency in which three security officials were killed, three others injured and numerous clashes took place between the local peace committee and the militants,...

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Three Afghan army soldiers injured in Kapisa province

According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, at least 3 Afghan National Army soldiers were injured following an Improvised Explosive Device explosion in eastern Kapisa province. A spokesman for provincial security commandment Asadullah Hamidi confirming the report said, the incident took place at the southern regions of Tagab district. Mr. Hamidi further added,...

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Afghan intel official who killed 2 US officers linked to Pakistani madrassa

Map of Pakistan (Photo credit: Omer Wazir) By Bill Roggio - February 26, 2012 - LWJ Some details are emerging about the murder of two US Army officers in the Afghan Interior Ministry yesterday. CNN reports that the shooter, a police intelligence sergeant, attended a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan. The man who shot two military officers...

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Somali Islamist group formally declares allegiance to Shabaab, al Qaeda

By Bill Roggio - February 25, 2012. - LWJ A senior Islamist commander and weapons smuggler in northern Somalia who has long been tied to Shabaab has officially declared allegiance to the terror group and al Qaeda. The merger was confirmed by Shabaab at its official Twitter account, HSM Press Office [Harakat Al Shabaab Al Mujahideen Press Office], as...

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al-Qaida militants killed in battles with Yemeni army forces

Image via Wikipedia ADEN, Yemen, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Intensive gun battles flared up on Sunday morning between Yemeni army forces and al-Qaida militants in the southern province of Abyan, killing at least nine militants, a security official said. The fierce gun battles raged between two barracks of the 111st Armored Army Brigade and al-Qaida militants along Zinjibar's...

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Suicide bomber attacks Nigeria church

At least three worshippers killed and 10 others wounded in Jos in the latest attack on a Christian target. A suicide car bomber has killed at least three people in an attack on a major church in central Nigeria, church officials say. The bomber hit the main headquarters of the Church of Christ in the central city of Jos, the capital of Plateau state, on...

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7 U.S. Soldiers wounded in attack on NATO base in Afghanistan

Image via Wikipedia Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when protesters in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan threw a grenade at their base, provincial police chief Samihullah Qatra told reporters. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed there had been an explosion outside one of its bases in northern Afghanistan, but declined to comment...

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Feb.26., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 26) – An Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader during an operation in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, today. The leader controlled and equipped multiple insurgent cells as well as planned their attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The security force killed one insurgent and detained two others during the...

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Hood soldier dies of gunshot wound

Image via Wikipedia MISSOULA, Mont. — The name of a soldier who died of a gunshot wound while stationed at Ford Hood in Texas has been released.Sgt. 1st Class Christopher David Atkinson, 33, of Lakeside died Thursday in Temple, Texas, after sustaining the gunshot wound Monday at Fort Hood, post officials said.Officials say the shooting remains under investigation.Atkinson...

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